Deflection element and protective suit using the deflection element

Abstract

A deflection element and a protective suit incorporating such are provided. The deflection element including an upper arc; and a lower arc, wherein each of the upper arc and the lower arc include a solid flexible arc shaped layer, a soft padding layer on an inner side of the upper arc and on a matching side of the lower arc, a material forming an encasement around the solid arc shaped layer and the soft padding layer; and wherein the encasement of the upper arc at each end is connected to the encasement of the lower arc with the inner side of the upper arc facing the lower arc.

I claim: 
     
       1. A deflection element, comprising:
 an upper arc; and 
 a lower arc; 
 wherein each of the upper arc and the lower arc comprise: 
 a) a solid flexible arc shaped layer; 
 b) a soft padding layer on an inner side of the upper arc and on a matching side of the lower arc; 
 c) a material forming an encasement around the solid flexible arc shaped layer and the soft padding layer; and 
 wherein the encasement of the upper arc at each end is connected to the encasement of the lower arc with the inner side of the upper arc facing the lower arc. 
 
     
     
       2. The deflection element of  claim 1 , wherein the upper arc and lower arc both curve in the same direction and the lower arc has a larger radius than the upper arc. 
     
     
       3. The deflection element of  claim 1 , wherein the lower arc has an essentially infinite radius. 
     
     
       4. The deflection element of  claim 1 , wherein the upper arc and lower arc curve in opposite directions. 
     
     
       5. The deflection element of  claim 1 , comprising:
 a second upper arc that is placed on the upper arc and connected to the encasement of the lower arc in a similar manner as the upper arc; 
 wherein the second upper arc is rotated relative to the upper arc. 
 
     
     
       6. The deflection element of  claim 5 , wherein the second upper arc is positioned orthogonally relative to the upper arc. 
     
     
       7. The deflection element of  claim 1 , wherein multiple upper arcs are connected to a single lower arc. 
     
     
       8. The deflection element of  claim 1 , wherein the encasement is abrasion resistant. 
     
     
       9. The deflection element of  claim 1 , wherein the encasement is fire resistant. 
     
     
       10. The deflection element of  claim 1 , wherein the soft padding layer on the lower arc comprises multiple independent elongated strips with gaps between the strips. 
     
     
       11. The deflection element of  claim 10 , wherein the width of the elongated strips are all the same. 
     
     
       12. A protective suit, comprising:
 multiple protection units to protect a user's body wherein each protection unit includes one or more deflection element as claimed in  claim 1 . 
 
     
     
       13. The protective suit of  claim 12 , wherein said multiple protection units include a head protection unit configured to protect a user's head. 
     
     
       14. The protective suit of  claim 12 , wherein said multiple protection units include an arm protection unit configured to protect a user's arm. 
     
     
       15. The protective suit of  claim 14 , wherein the arm protection unit includes protection units configured to protect a user's shoulder, upper arm, elbow and forearm. 
     
     
       16. The protective suit of  claim 12 , wherein said multiple protection units include a leg protection unit configured to protect a user's leg. 
     
     
       17. The protective suit of  claim 16 , wherein the leg protection unit includes protection units configured to protect a user's hip area, thigh, knee, lower leg and foot. 
     
     
       18. The protective suit of  claim 12  wherein said multiple protection units include a torso protection unit configured to protect a user's torso. 
     
     
       19. The protective suit of  claim 18 , wherein the torso protection unit includes protection units configured to protect a user's chest, back, left side and right side. 
     
     
       20. The protective suit of  claim 19  wherein the torso protection unit include pockets configured to accommodate bulletproof plates.